8 men from Staten Island fined for illegal hunting in Parksville

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Dec 8, 2012 at 2:00 AM

Leonard Sparks

PARKSVILLE — Eight men from Staten Island paid $2,407.50 to settle charges of illegal hunting after they were arrested in Parksville on the season's opening day, the Department of Environmental Conservation police said Thursday. They were arrested after the DEC investigated a complaint about a truck delivering a load of deer feed to private property near Hunter Lake before hunting season opened, the DEC said. On opening day, officers found eight heavily baited tree stands, an illegally taken buck and two loaded rifles in ATVs, the DEC said.